Stories
Design Line: 27 January - 2 February
From how we design for digital spaces to how we classify “emerging designers”, this week’s Design Line looks at some conundrums and questions the industry is engaged with.
Reading Between the Signs
Khorshed Deboo takes stock of the hand-painted multilingual signs of Mumbai vanishing due to policy change for Design Reviewed #1.
Design Line: 25 – 31 March
Pepsi bids a sweet farewell to sugar with its rebrand, a Pantone-matched Ketchup-red tattoo ink from Heinz, and a fashionable AI hoax all feature on this week’s Design Line.
Design Line: 25 February – 3 March
This week, Design Line spotlights China’s design for a new lunar lander, the Ukrainian postal service’s stamp-based message to Putin, and Nokia’s digital-first rebrand.
Design Line: 4 – 10 February
This week, Design Line features the launch of the Scandinavian Design Awards, Burberry’s new (old) look, and a funeral home for composting.
Design Line: 21 – 27 January
This week on Design Line, rebrands crib from the archive, fur flies over fashion’s faux taxidermy, and your humble kitchen bin becomes a subscription service.
Lightning Rods
Kristina Rapacki explores the history of vaccine hesitancy and asks how graphic design could communicate more effectively with the public to combat online misinformation about immunisation from Covid-19.
The Revolution Will Not Be Branded
A look at the phenomenon of woke-washing and the failure of many brands to meaningfully engage with social justice movements.